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Google (you know, the search guys and gals!) invited TestingMom.com to Washington DC to discuss how Google has helped TestingMom.com launch at the national level in super fast speed. TestingMom.com co-founders, Karen Quinn and Michael McCurdy, spent the day meeting members of Congress and their staff members to discuss the positives aspects of the internet […]

We’ve heard from many of you regarding the school tours for the NYC gifted and talented program! Now that the OLSAT test is long-gone the school selection process is even MORE stressful! Here’s what we’ve heard from a few of our TestingMom.com members! Tell us your story. Dear Michael, thanks for talking to me last […]

There’s a recent article in the Wall Street Journal. According to the article there was a 3% increase in students taking the OLSAT test this year get a spot in the coveted NYC gifted and talented program. The article also mentions the “test prep effects” when it comes to the overall score of 99’s children […]

The NYC Department of education delivered results for the Otis Lennon School Abilities Test and the Bracken test to anxious parents in New York City for acceptance into the gifted and talented program. The NYC DOE actually gets an A++ for sending out the results early this year! The test results for the OLSAT and […]

It looks like the NYC department of education site still indicates the OLSAT test results for the New York City gifted and talented program will be announced to parents in early May.  We’re getting lots of anxious parents as they wait for the test results for the OLSAT and Bracken tests that were taken in […]

Our Top 1%, 5% and 10% members get free access to our amazing, monthly P.A.L. workshop series held in NYC. Email us at help@tesitngmom.com for registration information for this free event for our top members! It will be located at the Downtown Community Center in Manhattan. This Tuesday we will have a gang buster line up […]

Those who attended the latest workshop in our P.A.L. Series got a crash course in Gifted and Talented admissions testing. We also invited reading expert, Dr. Marion Blank to share her insights to the anxious crowd.  We called in the powerhouse experts on gifted and talented admissions process, Dr. Janet Jackson Dr. Robin Arronow to […]

Are G&T kids more academically successful because of their natural gifts or because they are afforded a special environment? Any child fortunate enough to place in the NYC Gifted and Talented program (or any other G&T program in the USA) is undoubtedly expected to perform at a higher level, and the results show that many […]

Kim Hamer, L.A. Admissions Advisor, interviews Karen Quinn, the Testing Mom, about test prep for young children. Kim Hamer is the CEO and founder of www.GetIntoPrivateSchool.com. Her focus is to demystify the private elementary admissions process. Her goal is to guide parents through the process, offer tools and proven strategies that enable them to have […]